/***
    Simple jQuery Slideshow Script
    Released by Jon Raasch (jonraasch.com) under FreeBSD license: free to use or modify, not responsible for anything, etc.  Please link out to me if you like it :)
***/
                                                                                                                                                                    
function slideSwitch() {                                                                                                                                            
    var $active = $('#slideshow IMG.active');                                                                                                                       

    if ( $active.length == 0 ) $active = $('#slideshow IMG:last');                                                                                                  
    
    // use this to pull the images in the order they appear in the markup
    var $next =  $active.next().length ? $active.next()                  
        : $('#slideshow IMG:first');

    // uncomment the 3 lines below to pull the images in random order
     var $sibs  = $active.siblings();
     var rndNum = Math.floor(Math.random() * $sibs.length );
     var $next  = $( $sibs[ rndNum ] );
                                                            
    $active.addClass('last-active');

    $next.css({opacity: 0.0})
      .addClass('active')  
      .animate({opacity: 1.0}, 1000, function() {
          //$active.removeClass('active last-active');
      });                                                 
    
    $active.animate({opacity: 0.0}, 1000, function() {
      $active.removeClass('active last-active');
    });
}       

$(function() {

    setInterval( "slideSwitch()", 7500 );

});